Series releases provisional 2011 calendar

BTCC ISSUES 2011 RACE DATES
The UK's premier motor racing series - the Dunlop MSA British
Touring Car Championship - has issued its provisional calendar of race
dates for 2011.
The season will incorporate ten events and run the length and ...

BTCC ISSUES 2011 RACE DATES

The UK's premier motor racing series - the Dunlop MSA British
Touring Car Championship - has issued its provisional calendar of race
dates for 2011.

The season will incorporate ten events and run the length and breadth of
the country. Each event will include three points-scoring races.

The world famous circuits of Brands Hatch, Kent and Silverstone,
Northamptonshire will play host to the season's opening and closing
rounds respectively.

Other venues to stage fixtures will continue to include Donington Park in
Leicestershire, Thruxton in Hampshire, Oulton Park in Cheshire, Croft in
North Yorkshire, Snetterton in Norfolk, Knockhill in Fife and Rockingham
in Northamptonshire.

BTCC Series Director Alan Gow commented: "Thanks to all our
circuits and the British Automobile Racing Club for enabling us to be so
ahead of the game in informing our competitors, partners, the media and
public of next year's BTCC calendar. By doing so, we also hope
other high-profile motor sporting events can plan around these dates and
hopefully avoid some of the ridiculous clashes that in recent years have
proven to be highly frustrating for both fans and organising clubs, whose
resources have been stretched to breaking point."

He added: "Above all, the BTCC in 2011 will continue to race at the
premier motor sporting venues around the country - a geographical spread
that is of huge importance to sponsors and which also enables hundreds of
thousands of fans from almost every corner of the UK to see the BTCC in
action in their own back yard. We very much look forward to seeing them
again in 2011."
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Calendar: 2011 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (provisional)